European eel
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The European eel is a species of eel. Their life history was a mystery for thousands of years, and mating in the wild has not yet been observed. The five stages of their development were originally th
Anguilla anguilla
Édouard Manet, 1864
Glass eels at the transition from ocean to fresh water
Mature silver-stage European eels migrate back to the ocean
Eel life history
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Eels are any of several long, thin, bony fishes of the order Anguilliformes. They have a catadromous life cycle, that is: they migrate from fresh water into the sea to spawn. Because fishermen never c
European eel
…The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel. Their life history was a mystery for thousands of years, and mating in the wild has not yet been observed. The five stages of their development were originally thought…
1881, An Anatomy of the Eel in search of Reproductive Organs
Leptocephalus larva of an ocean eel
Juvenile eels, length about 25 cm